#BCAE64#BCAE64

#BCAE64 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.096 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE64
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 100)
HSL	hsl(50, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 46.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, -5.19, 39.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 39.95, 97.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% -0.0148 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.096 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.1764, 41.8849, 18.1277)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE64 #6472BC

analogous

#BC8264 #BCAE64 #9EBC64

triadic

#BCAE64 #64BCAE #AE64BC

tetradic

#BCAE64 #64BC82 #6472BC #BC649E

square

#BCAE64 #64BC82 #6472BC #BC649E

split-complementary

#BCAE64 #649EBC #8264BC

monochromatic

#746932 #9E9044 #BCAE64 #CEC48F #E1DBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BCAE64 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#BCAE64 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE64

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE64	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE64	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAA5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB067

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae64;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.096 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c691',
    500: '#bcae64',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae64;
$custom-light: #d2c691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae64",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.455,
    "s": 39.64,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74642,
    "c": 0.09633,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE64

secondary

#ACB2D0

accent

#6BD058

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE64

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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